Indigenous recognition referendum unlikely to go ahead in 2017 as consultation continues

By Tom McIlroy
Updated August 10 2016 - 4:08pm, first published August 9 2016 - 7:47pm
Indigenous recognition referendum council co-chair Mark Leibler. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones
Indigenous recognition referendum council co-chair Mark Leibler. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones

Plans for a referendum on Indigenous recognition in the Australian constitution to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1967 vote on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights have been abandoned, as a consultation report is delayed until mid-2017.

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